On May 27, Vaibhavi Patankar, 9, of Woodland Hills, Calif., was named the top winner in the 2011 Smokey Bear & Woodsy Owl Poster Contest. The fourth-grader received a trip to Washington, D.C., with her family to collect her trophy and a framed copy of her poster from the Forest Service during a special ceremony at the National Garden Clubs Inc. annual meeting.
The contest is open to students in the 1st through 5th grades. The other grade-level winners in this year’s contest are Ciana Main, Fairbanks, Alaska, first grade; Jacob Lucero, Fresno, Calif., second grade; Emma Fockele, Gainsville, GA, third grade; and Ana Alvarez, Marsing, Idaho, fifth grade.
